shrinelike

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adjective

Resembling, or having characteristics of, a shrine

“The icon is kept in a shrinelike building.”

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English shrine →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveshrinelike (comparative more shrinelike, superlative most shrinelike)

comparative more shrinelike · superlative most shrinelike

  1. Resembling, or having characteristics of, a shrine

    The icon is kept in a shrinelike building.

Origin

  1. Englishshrine
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishshrinelike

From shrine + -like.

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APA

shrinelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrinelike

MLA

“shrinelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrinelike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shrinelike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrinelike.

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